Photographer's Note

As many know, my main passion for photography is directed towards the butterflies. During my last trip to the Dominican Republic, I spent a lot of time in the woods and forests looking for the species I had never photographed. And it was a great emotion to meet this species in the rainforest in the north of this state. Very difficult to capture because it was always moving, but this time I was fine.
This butterly is a Lycorea halia cleobaea, the tropical milkweed butterfly, a subspecies of Lycorea halia, also called the tropical milkweed butterfly, a nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found from the Antilles, Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.Its habitat is tropical rainforest.

Hello Luciano,
Beauty is often found in a small corner.
Here on the underside of a leaf.
Taken very lovely along the side, with its wings spread half open and with the fresh green of the rainforest on the background.
Best regards, Paul

Good day.
Beautiful view of the moment, a good text ...
Good work, beautiful butterfly is shown on the green list, good contrast and sharpness, beautiful colors, beautiful moment captured. Beautiful butterfly with wings of beautiful colors and details.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best, good luck.

Hello Luciano
Photographing butterflies is one of the most difficult thing. It is my experience that they always will fly away again just at the moment I will take the picture. To late again. And when they are fluttering in the air it is totally impossible for me to get a good capture. But fortunately you did it very well here.
Excellent work, have a nice day, Groet Rob

Butterflies make such colourful and interesting subjects, from the colours and patterns of their wings to the length of their antennae.
Your use of shallow dof is excellent, giving sharp details against a useful oof b/g.

Hello Luciano,
This is a real beauty and you have captured it perfectly with superb colours and clarity. It stands out very well from the forest background. I can only imagine you have much more patience than me when stalking butterflies. Well done!

Hello Luciano,
I thought this was actually Silvio's specialty ;-). But you are obviously as clever as he in this difficult kind of photography. You were lucky to have this wonderful little creature sit completely still for at least a few seconds. You managed a crystal clear and sharp photo which gives us perfect view of its colours and patterns and also its environment.
Kind regards,
Gert

What a beautiful macro shot of the butterfly. I am not familiar with Lycorea halia (tropical milkweed butterfly), but to me it looks like the Monarch or Viceroy. From the very distant past when I was in high school and first heard about "mimicry in nature," I learned about the similar appearance of the two — the Viceroy which tasted delicious to birds, and the Monarch which was toxic. Birds avoided the former lest they inadvertently bite on the latter.

Hi Luciano, this is not the type of photography I normally engage with, but I must admit, you did a great job! Perfect sharpness where it needs to be, great light, great colors. I guess you have waited for this shot...

By the way, not only the butterfly is nice, but also the leave is so sharp, looks almost unreal... Well done.

Hi Luciano
yes, you're right on the mark with this one.
true natural beauty. love how the leaf seems to be coming at us in an almost 3D like way, and how the tip is folded under.
striking contrast of greens/oranges. this one is well deserving of 100pts. cheers
Craig

Ciao Luciano,
fantastic wildlife photography! This is something I wouldn't do, especially having such beautiful beaches nearby :)
Fantastic quality of picture, we can even see a rough surface of the leaf.
Beautiful butterfly of course as well.
Great and well varied reportage,
M